When a married man dies childless, his wife has a Mitzva to do "Yibbum" i.e marrying his living brother, alternatively Chalitza which is like a divorce is performed to enable her to remarry someone else.
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When does chalitza become effective?
Suppose a chalitza ceremony is interrupted partway through, because of some external circumstance, or because the yevam changes his mind and decides he should build a name for his brother after all.
At which point in the ceremony does it become too…
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Yebum, the man wants it but the woman doesn't
Let's say, Chas V'Shalom, a man died childless, leaving his wife a Yivamah. He has a brother, who by Torah law must either marry his diseased brother's wife, or perform Chalitzah.
What if he wants to marry her but she doesn't want to marry him. Do…
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Purpose of Yibum
So I was always under the impression that we do yibum in order to continue the line or legacy or your dead brother. Then I was learning that when a baby is born, yawns, and then dies (Gemara in Shabbos 125), there are different opinions as to…
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פטור/אסור of an ערוה by ייבום, why may ספק ערוה also be פטור?
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If two ladies fall to ייבום. One of them is either your mother, sister, or daughter. You don't know which one. The Gemara says you do חליצה to both of them because one of them may not be your mother and therefore there is a חיוב ייבום.…
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If the older brother was married, is Yibbum still permissible?
Doing a study and I’m trying to figure out the rule surrounding Yibbum, the marriage of an older brother to the widowed sister in law. I can’t find any mention of the older brothers marital status having sway one way or another. Also This study is…
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